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Two videos about sights to see in the night sky during this August: * What’s Up! August 2015 – Space Pod 07/31/15 TMRO Chief Astronomer Jared Head takes a look at what to expect from the sky for viewing in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Scott Manley, a key developer of the Kerbal Space Program, is interviewed by Dan Leone at SpaceNews: SpaceGeeks 6: Lies We Tell Children About Rocket Science – SpaceNews Listen to the audio: http://media.blubrry.com/spacegeeks/p/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/SpaceGeeks_Ep6_Scott_Manley.mp3

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A new report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): First Detection of Lithium from an Exploding Star The chemical element lithium has been found for the first time in material ejected by a nova. Observations of Nova Centauri 2013 made using […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Catching up on recent TMRO.tv Spacepod webcasts: * Everything Will Be Alright – SpacePod 07/07/15 TMRO’s Space Mike covers the recent success of the Progress resupply ship as well as some of the first political rhetoric after the Falcon 9 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Evan Dohrmann is a ceramics expert, an astronomy buff, and founder of the new startup Constellation Supply Co. He contacted me about his company’s first product: The Little Dripper Coffee Brewer, whose launch is backed by a successful Kickstarter soon to end. The pledge rewards include a badge “inspired […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

A new report form ESO (European Space Observatory): ALMA Witnesses Assembly of Galaxies in the Early Universe for the First Time The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has been used to detect the most distant clouds of star-forming gas yet found in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

A new report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Jupiter Twin Discovered Around Solar Twin An international group of astronomers has used the ESO 3.6-metre telescope to identify a planet just like Jupiter orbiting at the same distance from a Sun-like star, HIP […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Here’s the latest ESO (European Southern Observatory) report: Huge New Survey to Shine Light on Dark Matter The first results have been released from a major new dark matter survey of the southern skies using ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

A new report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Biggest Explosions in the Universe Powered by Strongest Magnets Some long-duration gamma-ray bursts are driven by magnetars Observations from ESO’s La Silla and Paranal Observatories in Chile have for the first time demonstrated a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

The Public Telescope is a German private initiative to develop, launch, and operate a space-based observatory that would be dedicated for the use of the general public, students, as well as professional astronomers. They are seeking private backing as well as public funding. (I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Scott Nammacher is a prolific astrophotographer who is profiled in this article: White Plains artist keeps eye on universe – Lohud.com. Check out the wonderful gallery of astronomical images on his website: Starmere === The UK Space Agency is sponsoring a Announcement of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

The ESO (European Southern Observatory) Giant Galaxy is Still Growing Messier 87 has swallowed an entire galaxy in the last billion years New observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope have revealed that the giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 has swallowed an entire […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Here’s a new ESO report: Best Observational Evidence of First Generation Stars in the Universe Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have discovered by far the brightest galaxy yet found in the early Universe and found strong evidence that examples of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Below are recent TMRO Space Pod short video reports about astronomy and telescope topics. TMRO Space Pods are crowd funded shows. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over tohttp://www.patreon.com/spacepod for information, goals […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

A new report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): A Celestial Butterfly Emerges from its Dusty Cocoon Some of the sharpest images ever made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope have, for the first time, revealed what appears to be an ageing star giving […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Here is a new article from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Most Detailed View Ever of Star Formation in the Distant Universe ALMA’s Long Baseline Campaign has produced a spectacularly detailed image of a distant galaxy being gravitationally lensed. The image shows a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Here are four telescope tutorials from TMRO.tv Space Pod correspondent Jared Head TMRO is a crowd funded show. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over tohttp://www.patreon.com/tmro for information, goals and reward levels. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…